350th Anniversary

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January 29, 1998
January 22, 1998
January 15, 1998
January 8, 1998
January 1, 1998

East Hampton Library
350th Anniversary Site

WHALE OFF!
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, fluke, weakfish, sea bass, pollack (pollock), and scup were all abundant.

What's In A Name?
If you follow Fireplace Road in Springs to its end at Gardiner's Bay, you've reached Fireplace. Fires were built there centuries ago to signal across the water to the inhabitants of Gardiner's Island, when people or goods were ready to be transported.

A WHO'S WHO OF BLACK AMERICA IN SAG HARBOR
The resort communities of Azurest, Sag Harbor Hills, and Ninevah are less known than Sag Harbor's historic Eastville neighborhood, but play an interesting role in the village's history, too.

A 'COUNTRY LAWYER' LOVES LOCAL HISTORY, IS CIVIC-MINDED
On most rainy Saturdays for some years now, Thomas Twomey, an attorney whose hobby and passion is local history, can be found browsing through the East Hampton Library's Long Island Collection, a trove of resources that he believes is "probably the finest example of an archival collection in any small town in America."

First Lectures
Guild Hall was standing-room-only for Saturday's lectures on the history of the Montauk Indians - a highly auspicious beginning for the 350th Anniversary Lecture Series.

The Parsons Mill...

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